Pomfret DAM^{[1, 2]}

1682 - 1728  (45 years)

• Name	Pomfret DAM
  Birth	4 Mar 1682	Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire
  Gender	Male
  CNFD	Y
  Occupation	Constable 1707
  _UID	F72D4980596A49B09FE6DF503ADEAB173750
  Death	1728
  Burial	unknown
  Person ID	I33	main
  Last Modified	25 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	William DAM,   b. 14 Oct 1653, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire d. 20 Mar 1718, Back River, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Martha NUTE,   b. Abt 1653, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire d. 15 May 1718, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire (Age ~ 65 years)
  Marriage	1680	Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire   [1]
  Family ID	F6	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Easter “Esther” TWOMBLY,   b. Abt 1670, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire d. 26 Jan 1710, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire (Age ~ 40 years)
  Marriage	14 Jan 1708	Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire
  Notes	by Rev John Pike
  Children	1. Samuel DAME,   b. Abt 1709, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire d. Bef 26 Dec 1750, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire (Age ~ 41 years)   2. Martha DAME,   b. Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire d. ?   3. Pomfret DAME,   b. ? 1724, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire d. ?
  Family ID	F20	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2017

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth TIBBETS,   b. 10 Mar 1697, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire d. ?
  Marriage	Aft 1710  [3]
  Family ID	F665	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Mar 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Administrator of his father's estate. In a deed date 5 Aug 1702 William Dam and wife Martha gave to their son Pomfret Dam the island commonly known as Goat Island. This island was one of the points to which was connected the old bridge across Great Bay from Fox's Point to Madbury. In 1724 Pomfret Dam also received lands formerly belonging to his grandfather Lt William Pomfret. There are no records of the names of the children or the dates of their births. Mention of the oldest son is found in "Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire," vol 2 pp 334-335, where is given the appraisal of Pomfret Dam's real estate by Paul Wentworth, Thomas Wallingford and Robert Evans; and it was "Allowed the last Wednesday in June 1736 and ordered that the oldest son Samuel Dam have two thirds of the estate and pay the other children their shares." The value of the state turned over to Samuel Dam was £698 17s. 8d.«s12»

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] New England Historical and Genealogical Register, The, (NEHGS, Boston, MA), 92:101. [S3] Savage, James., Dexter, Orrando Perry., Farmer, John, Genealogical Dictionary of, The First Settlers of New England Before 1692, A , (Little, Brown and Co, Boston, MA. 1862). [S1] New England Historical and Genealogical Register, The, (NEHGS, Boston, MA).